Cedar Creek, St. Augustine Prep jump back into football Elite 11 rankings

Cedar Creek High School's Caleb Graves, center, tries to break away from Willingboro defenders Joram Smith, left, and 21 Aaron Lynch during their playoff game Saturday in Egg Harbor City. The Pirates won 41-3 and re-entered The Press Elite 11 this week at No. 11.

With one week to go in the high school football season, The Press Elite 11 rankings continue to evolve.

St. Augustine Prep, the Cape-Atlantic League National Conference champion, joins the rankings at No. 10 this week. Cedar Creek returns to the rankings at No. 11 after its 41-3 defeat of Willingboro in the South Jersey Group II semifinals Saturday.

Kingsway Regional makes the biggest jump in the rankings after beating previously undefeated Lacey Township 42-28 in the S.J. Group III semifinals Saturday. The Dragons move up five spots to No. 6.

The state and S.J. championship games will be played this Friday and Saturday at various locations. The championship schedule and new Elite 11 rankings are listed below.

A ranking of public schools teams that compete for South Jersey titles and non-public schools that are located in Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester, Salem and southern Ocean counties. (Last week's rankings in parentheses; UR=unranked last week). Local teams in bold.